Dave Mead
T3= showroom stock based, DOT tires
FP= major car mods, slicks
STL= major mods, DOT tires
Different strokes for different folks. I currently own cars that run in all 3 classes.
I am well aware of some of the shenanigains pulled on the committees but haven't seen it in the ST committee.
What I haven't seen is any prepped to the limits FWD cars show up at an STL race. Until I see that, I will resist any changes to the status quo
Again, sportcars have more rear weight.
I watched some STL vid of Sebring. Might have been GA in Teggy or honda maybe chasing a Miata. The Honda had more power but was very slow entry - exit speeds. IE at T 4-5 the Honda touched the brake while I know that a Miata just flicks left. Same @ T1, Miata, just lifts and turns left @ 99MPH/4th gear, and the Honda maybe even down geared.
Had they swapped cars and got rid of the Honda push, the Honda would maybe be faster.
On another note, ask Drago how much 50#slows his car!! .6-.8 per lap at Ssebring in a Miata.
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wow. Dang thing got real
I too agree with Andy.
I think it is entirely unfair to say the ITAC wasn't doing a good job during that time period. We routinely spent 4-5 hours on the calls, talking into the wee hours of the night, to come up with the (at the time) ONLY objective, repeatable and written down system for classing cars in the SCCA. That was a sea change of epic proporitions.
There were miscommunications between the CRB and the ITAC, but I tihnk everyone -- Bob Dowie, Andy, everyone -- was trying hard to do the right thing. THe problem was that we were really doing something revolutionary, and the basis for it (stock horsepower) was causing the CRB a lot of heartburn (as it should).
But not doing a good job? No, that is simply wrong.
The ITAC has, or at least had, one of the toughtest jobs in the SCCA. We have the most popular multi marque class that actually is multi marque, and we had to come up with an objective process to set car weights that covered something like 300 chassis stretching from 1968 until 2008.
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